Tips: Snacks

  • Make your own smoothies by blending together frozen fruit, such as sliced peaches or blueberries, and milk and/or 100% fruit juice.


  • Drink 100% fruit juices in place of high-calorie drinks, such as soft drinks. Remember, one serving is 6 ounces or ¾ of a cup.


  • Have cut-up raw fruit and/or vegetables and dip for an afternoon snack. Cut them or buy the pre-packaged ones, such as AppleSweets®. Apples, broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower are nutritious choices.


  • Snack are the perfect grab-n-go foods: fresh apples, ripe plums, pears, carrots, and celery. Have these foods washed and ready for eating on your refrigerator shelf.


  • Keep dried fruit and nuts in your desk or file drawer for quick and easy mid-morning or mid-afternoon snacks.


  • Keep things fresh and interesting by combining fruits of different flavors, like cherries with apples or blueberries with pears.


  • When it’s snack time, grab an apple or pear, or make a ready-to-eat bag of sweet cherries or AppleSweets®.


  • Pack ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables for a convenient snack on-the-go.


  • On your way out the door? Take along some healthy snacks like celery sticks, an apple, or a box of 100% fruit juice.


  • Cool off with a great treat. Pour 100% fruit juice into an ice cube tray to make juice cubes.


  • Get juicy. Buy 100% fruit juice to quench your thirst.


  • For a quick, handy, take-along snack, try dried cherries, raisins, apricots, and others.

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